The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-14

was an Italian my mother q Frenchwoman. l
was born on board Spanish ship, sailing under
the English flag in Mexican waters
s.MR and bride" was the unique sig
nature upon Buffalo hotel register the other
day. They said to be a newly married |
couple.
QUEEN MARGARET, of Italy does all her shop |
ping in person, with no more fuss than any of |
her subjects and goes early In the DAY to avoid |
the crowd.
YoNKERs Statesman: A poet asks "Whatis |
it makes the monday air so stronga Well, |
perhaps the wife has been boiling cabbage or |
something like that
Dom PEDRO, Of Brazil, has introduced Semit- |
ic professor in the Rio de Janeiro University, |
and he now proposes have chairs established
ranging over the languages, from the Coptic to
the Benguela.
SAYS the proprietor of ST. Louis type foun-
dry: Here we are the of 1888, which
creates triple demand for the figure s This
triple use of figures in the annals of time will
not again until 1911. 1899, 2000 Oil, 2122,
2202 2212, 5000. etc.
GLADSTONE received 81. go for mis- article in
the Nineteenth Century Review on Tennyson's
poem. This is said to be the largest price ever
paid in England for short essay. 1t was
written in three DAYS, and critics say 1t bears ev-
ldence OF hasty composition.
Mr. GLADsToNE's birthday gifts included.
| among other things. red kerchief for his neck,
at least dozen bottles of his favorite jam. one
| mutton and three mince pies. and box OF pills,
the last named from the husband of the woman
who forwarded the mutton pie.
| NoRRIsTowN Herald: "An Iowa man has lost
three wives by the accidental discharge of mis- re-
volver while he was handling it. II is not
stated but we don't suppose they were all shot
a mn ah0rD A n}v
| enough for that The married mon who make
application to borrow the Iowa mans pistol
should be put under police surveillance.
| AGALvEsToN woman compositor who belonged
| to the printers union married a non union COM
positor, not long ago, and then tried to get him
to join the order But he refused, and the
union voted boycott. in which the wife partici-
pated, having left her husband and begun pro-
ceedings for divorce. This is boycotting with
| a vengeance.
DETROIT Free Press: When Thomas Mast
was in Colorado last summer he greatly i'm
pressed with the beauty Of ex Senator Tabor's
little daughter, and before he left he secured a
photograph of the child. From this came the
engraving which embeished the last number of
| Harpers Bazaar as the Christ Child The
picture has been generally recognized in Colo
rado
THE Rev. DR.. Henry Jackson Morton has re-
signed the rectorship of St Jamess Protestant
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia after ffty-six
years Of service. He began his work in Bishop
Whites time, and Bishop White was a friend of
DR.. Samuel johnson, which makes the venerable
priest link with the historic past. Commodores
Hull and cambridge were among his early par
ishioners. His only son is Prof. Henry Morton,
Of the Stevens Institute, Hoboken.
MIR PARSELL. since the arrival of his mother
from New York, has confined himself to Avon
dale House. County Wicklow. He has ahstained
from politics and refused to see anybody. Like
Mr.. Gladstone. who recently replied that he
would not pronounce his opinion on the new
| Irish campaign until he heard the affair ex-
planned in Parliament, Mr.. Parnell remains in
the background until the approaching session.
But. Like Gladstone, he will then be heard from
YOUNG woman carefully picking hel
. way along slippery sidewalk, in Reading, the
other day. Just behind an elderly and portly
man. Suddenly he slipped, and. In his efforts te
keep from falling down. he threw hand
= backward and struck the young lady squarely
and violently on the nose. The blow stunned
her so that she had to be assisted into ada
cent store. and An examination by physician
developed the fact that her nose had been bro
7 ken. Both eyes became blackened by the injury
3 LOUISVILLE Commercial The Chicago Her
= aid says: miss Jessie Buckner, daughter Of
General Buckner of confederate fame. has made
her debut as a concert singer in New Orleans.
General Buckner has no daughter who is
singer. He has son. however, Simon Bolivar
Buckner, jr., who is not exactly "a concer
. singer" but he has voice that, in the early
hours of the morning, make much noist
as whole troupe of prime donne. Simon Boil
q ivar Is only SIX months old, but he has already
gouged the eyes out Of four rubber dolls, ant
: kicked the stuffing out of sawdust Venus. II,
| will be a candidate for Governor about 1922 and
the Commercial is already committed to his sup
q port.
a Mrs. Folsom has won great credit and re
nown by taking her card case in her hand an,
going around paying the first call upon all tn
dignitaries of every degree There was som
question whether, in the general upsettng of al
q precedent that has characterized the present nd
, ministration. Nine. Folsom would not put on
few frills, albeit the code provided no place 70
n the presidential mother-in-law. But, realizin
that she was only private person, Mrs. Folsor
very correctly and intelligently made the frs
calls and SO one more added to the sma
. score Of good manners credited to the Clevelan
administration. She spends every day with he
V daughter, as any other woman would DO who ha
a daughter in the White House, and holds weel
% ly receptions on Wednesdays at Oak View.